PhD positions in geometry available in Aberdeen

There are PhD positions available in Aberdeen for people interested in Geometry. The original advertisement follows.

We are looking for outstanding candidates for a PhD within the project “The geometry of conjugation invariant norms on groups” funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

There are two fully funded studentships:

Symplectic geometry.

The PhD project will be concerned with symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian actions on symplectic manifolds. The ultimate goal of the PhD will be to describe restrictions on faithful Hamiltonian actions. This project is suitable for a student with good background and interests in, broadly understood, differential geometry and dynamical systems.

Group theory.

The PhD project will be concerned with group theoretic applications of conjugation invariant norms. The applications will deal with algebraic groups, finite groups and Lie groups. This project is suitable for a student with good background and interest in group theory and geometry.

J. Kędra, A.Libman and B.Martin will be involved in the supervision of these phd projects. The funding is restricted to UK/EU candidates only. If you are interested please contact Jarek Kędra.

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Getting here

The department of mathematics is in building NO, on the Campus de la Plaine, of the Université libre de Bruxelles. The geometry group is on the 7th floor. This map shows NO, as well as the metro station Delta and the stop for the number 71 bus. The number 95 also stops a short walk from the department. See the STIB website for more information on public transport in Brussels.